Water-service.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. W. 0. JAMES.

WATER SERVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8. 1903.

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No. 822,950. PATENTED JUNE 12,1906.

W. 0. JAMES.

WATER SERVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY8. 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WATER-SERVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed July 8, 1903. Serial No. 164,658.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLARD O. JAMEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Water-Service, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to water-service means particularly intended for domestic and similar uses; and its primary object is to enable a housewife or other person to utilize an ordinary cooking-stove to heat a definite portion of water without the use of waterbacks or similar devices and without necessitating actual carrying of the water to and from the stove.

When a water-back or heating-coil is used in the stove, it continually absorbs a large part of the heat of the stove, and much of this heat is lost before the water is actually used. Owing to the lar e quantity of water that has to be heated,suc a device also requires considerable time to bring the water to a fairly high temperature. The cost and inconvenience of applying such a device to a stove and of making repairs are further objections thereto. I

According to my invention a water-receiver separate from the stove is supported so as to be movable to and from the stove, so as to be heated thereby or to leave the stove free for other uses, and means are provided whereby a definite or variable amount of water may be supplied to such receiver to be heated therein and may then be withdrawn for use.

A further object of my invention is to attain the above results with a device of the utmost simplicity and accessibility for repairs.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure I is an elevation of the water-supply device set up in a kitchen. Fig. II is a plan, partly in section, showing the heater and the connections therewith. Fig. III is a horizontal section on the line III III in Fig. IV. Fig. IV is a vertical section on the line IV IV in Fig. II. Fig. V is a detail section of a low-level whistle for the water-receiver. Fig. VI is an elevation of a different form of the invention. Fig. VII is a plan of the receiver shown in Fig. VI. Referring to Figs. I to V, 1 designates a stove,which may be of any usual or suitable form, it being here shown as a gas-stove.

Supported in proximity to this stove and movable thereto and therefrom is a water receiver or tank 2, that is of suflicient size to accommodate the maximum amount of water that is required to be heated at any one time. The support for this tank consists of a swinging or swivel frame, bracket, or brack ets 3, pivoted on pins or hooks 4 on the wall 5 of the room in such manner that when the receiver is swung to one side, as indicated in full lines in Fig. II, said receiver will be directly over a heating portion of the stove for example, over a burner of the gas-stovebut when the receiver is swung the other way, as indicated in dotted lines in said figure, it will be sufliciently removed from the stove to prevent its absorbing any heat or interfering with the use of any part of the stove for other purposes. This feature is especially desirable in connection with the supply and withdrawal of water in limited quantities, as it prevents burning out of the tank when empty. A swivel pipe-coupling or tubular hinge 6 is located in line with the pivotal points of the tank or receiver 2 and is connected bya pipe 7 with said tank. The coldwater-supply pipe 8 is connected with this coupling and is provided with a valve 9, here shown as a pinch-valve, to control the admission of water to the tank. Cocks or faucets 1O 11 are connected to the pipe 8 on opposite sides of the valve 9 to draw off hot or cold water, as hereinafter explained. Valves 10 and 11 alternately allow passage of the water through the section of pipe 8 between said valves and thence through said ipe to tank 2 or divert the water to the disc arge of the faucets controlled by said valves. Pinchvalve 9 is simply a gate which opens and closes the passage through pipe 8. Valves '10 and 11 are three-way valves which leave the passage through the pipe open or else open the faucets above which they are placed. Connections may also be made by pipes 16 and 17 to another part of the housefor example, at a bath-tub 18from points on each side of valve 9, so as to supply hot and cold water at such other point. The tank or receiver is desirably provided with means for indicating the amount of water therein-for example, a glass gage-tube 12, connected to the tank near the top and bottom thereof. I have also shown. a whistle 13 connected by a tube 14 with the lower part of the tank, so that when the tank is nearly emptied steam will enter this tube and blow the whistle. While the tank or receiver 2 may be of any suitable construction, that shown inthe drawings is desirable for many purposes, particularly for use with gas-stoves, an interior flue 15 being provided, which when the tank is over the stove receives the hot air therefrom and directs it upwardly within the tank to more efiectually heat the latter. The tank is shown as provided with a bead 20, adapted to rest on a ring 21 on the lower bracket 3, and the upper bracket 3 is provided with arms 22, fastened to the tank. A brace 23 may connect the two swivel brackets 3. Stove or heat-supply means 1 may also be swung 011a pivotal support, so that when it is not in use both stove and heater may be swung out of the way to provide space for other purposes. The stove is here shown as a gas-stove hung on a swinging support or door 24, carried by hinges 25, and a tubular hinge or swivel coupling 26, in line with hinges 25, being provided to conduct the gas through piping 27 to the gas-stove.

The apparatus is used as follows: Valves 10 and 11 are so operated as to close their respective faucets and leave an open passage through pipe 8 when pinch-valve 9 is operated. Pinch-valve 9 now being operated to completely open the passage through the pipe, cold water is allowed to run into tank 2 until it is seen by the indicator-tube 12 that the desired amount of water has entered. The pinch-valve is then allowed to close the passage through pipe 8, and the tank 2 is swung over the stove or heat-supply means 1 and allowed to stay there until the water is sufliciently hot. Such hot water may then be drawn oil by opening the faucet controlled by cock 11, the hot water passing out through pipe 8, and the tank 2 turned away from the stove.

In applying my invention to an ordinary fixed tank I provide a supplementary waterreceiver, as shown at 30 in Figs. VI and VII, connected to the fixed tank 31 by pipes'32 33 through a swivel-coupling 34, these pipes being so located as to maintain a circulation of water therein when the water-receiver 30 is turned down, as shown in Fig. VI, to receive heat from the stove. A water-supply pipe 8, connected to the tank 31, is provided with valve 9 and cocks 1O 11 like those above described. By closing cocks 10 and 11 and opening valve 9 for a limited time any desired amount of water may be allowed to How into the tank 31, and then by turning down the water-receiver into position over the stove, as shown in Fig. VI, this water will be heated by circulation and may then be withdrawn for use through pipe 8 by opening cock 11. Circulating-piping 35 36, connected, respectively, with pipes 33 and 32, may connect the tank 31 with a bath-tub or other fixtures in the house, (indicated at 48,) the tank 31 being in that case filled with water under sufiicient pressure to reach such other fixtures. While the pipe 8 is assumed to supply cold water, it may also be connected, as by a branch pipe 38, with the ordinary so-called hot-Water service-pipe 39 01'' an apartment, whereby the water that is supplied partially heated through such pipe 39 may be further heated in this a paratus. The same connection is alpplicabl d with the form of the invention s iown in Figs. I to V.

When the bath-tub is higher than the heater, it is desirable to provide a pipe connection through which a person in the bathroom may cause water to flow into the receiver or tank to displace the hot water therein and cause it to rise and flow into the bath-tub. Such a connection is shown in Fig. I, where 40 designates a pipe connecting the upper part of tank 2 through a swivelcou ling 41 in line with the pivot thereof and leading up to the bath-tub 48, into which it opens by a cock 42. A cold-water pipe 108 is provided with a valve 44 adjacent to the bath-tub, by which water may be admitted to a pipe 45, leading down to pipe 8, above referred to, and connected to the lower part of tank 2 to cause cold water to flow into the tank, as described. The tank 2 will in this case be closed at the top to sustain pressure.

IVhat I claim, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a water-service means, a source of heat, a support, a bracket pivotally secured thereto, a vertically-arranged tank mounted in said bracket, an alarm-tube on the interior, the lower end of the alarm-tube extending nearly to the bottom of the tank and the upper end projecting through the side of the tank near the top and provided with a whistle, said tank being movable over and from the source of heat, and means for passing wa ter into and out of the tank.

2. In a water-service means, a source of heat, a support, a two-armed bracket pivotally secured to the support, the lower arm being provided with a ring and the upper one with lat erally-extending arms, a tank secured vertically in said bracket, the lower portion of which is beaded and rests in said ring, and the upper end is rigidly secured to said laterally-extending arms, and pipes communicating with said tank, one above the other, each pipe being provided with a swivel-coupling in line with the pivotal points of said bracket, said tank being adapted to be moved over and from the source of heat.

3. In a water-service means, a source of heat, a support, a bracket pivotally secured thereto, a vertically-arranged tank mounted in said bracket, a gage-tube on the exterior of the tank, and an alarm-tube on the interior, the lower end of the alarm-tube extending nearly to the bottom of the tank and the u per end projecting through the side of this tank near the top and provided with a whistle, said tank being movable over and from the source of heat, and means for passing water into and out of the tank.

4. In a water service means, a wall, a bracket and a door pivotally secured thereto adjacent to each other, a tank on the bracket and a source of heat on the door, the tank being movable over and from the source of heat, and the source of heat being movable under and from the tank, means for passing water to and from the tank, said means being provided with swivel-joints in line with the pivot of said bracket, and means for supplying liquid fuel to the source of heat.

5. In a waterservice means, a wall, a bracket and a door pivotally secured thereto adjacent to each other, a tank on the bracket and a source of heat on the door, the tank being movable over and from the source of heat, and. the source of heat being movable under and from the tank, means for passing water to and from the tank, said means being provided with swivel-j oints in line with the pivot of said bracket, and means for supplyingliquid fuel to the source of heat, said lastmentioned means being provided with a swivel in line with the pivot of the door.

6. A water-heater, a water-supply pipe connected therewith'and having two cocks connected thereto, to draw off, respectively hot and cold Water therefrom, a valve in said pipe between the points of connection of the said cocks.

7. A water heater, a water-supply pipe connected therewith and having two cocks connected thereto, to draw ofl, respectively hot and cold water therefrom, a valve in said. pipe between the points of connection of the said cocks, and means for indicating the amount of water supplied to-the heater by said pipe.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of Cali fornia, this 27th day of June, 1903.

WILLARD 0. JAMES. 

